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LITERATURE. LEGENDS, OF THE RHINE.—No. IT . Westley, London, 1838. These Leach is are told in a very graceful manner by Mr. Snow e , who possesses just the requisite amount of f a't l a ; and as they are, for the most part, of a highly ro mantic character, and by no me.tr.s detic:eat in incident, we think them very likely to become favourits with the public. ROALINTIC AND PICTURESQUE GERMANY A. So, London, I — . A transl a ti on from c a hl wo ss rk well know n e on on the Continent, by Nlis3 ilenningsen. The work is now publishing in ev "thly numb ers , eac h o f w hi c h i s embelishcd with three clerish engravings. MEMOIRS OF THE MUSICAL DRAMA. Two Vol.. Bentley, London, 1838. We are indebted for these entertaining volumes to the Pen of Mr. Hogarth, a gentlematiwell known by his critical treatises on the subject of music. The prevent work com mences with some account of the origin of the musical drama, and, after some general observations on this subject, Proceeds to describe the earliest Italian operas, and sketch th e Peculiarities of the Italian singers of the seventeenth Century. This, however, though perhaps the most elabo rate, is by no means the most entertainieg portion of the w ork, which can scarcely be said to possess interest, until the author reaches the time of Purcell, whose musical talents he criticises in a very masterly, analytical style, " Though Purcell's genius," observes Mr. Hogarth, " ranged through every walk of his art, yet its bent was to- Wards the music of the theatre ; and he has left behind him a large body of dramatic compositions, which to this hour remain unrivalled among the works of the English school. In variety of character, beauty of melody, truth and force of expression, and nice adaptation to the genius of the English language, they are to this hour unparalleled." Of Mrs. Bracegirdle, an accomplished actress and singer, and remarkable for her beauty and uniform propriety of con duet, who died, at an advanced age, in the year 1748, we "ye the following amusing sketch : f " Urs. Bracegirdle," says Aston, A contemporary writer, s. that Diana ' t age had many assailants on her virtue, as Lord Lovelace and 'ongre've, the last of whirl, had her company most. But she ever resis ted his vic i ous attacks, and yet was always uneasy a t his leaving ter. She was very s h y c f L or d L ove l ace ' s company, as being an en --sa.ng 'flaw who dressed well; and as every day his servant came to ask he r h ow she did, she al ways returned her answer in the most obei. th at words and behaviour, that she was indifferent well, she humbly h 'auk " his Lord s hip. Sh e was o f a l o vely height, with dark brown air , and eyebrows black sparkling eyes , and a fresh blushy complexion; its whenever she ' exerted herse;f, had an involuntary flushing in her o r f e ev st, neck, and face, having continually a cheerful aspect, and a fine set _ e . n white teeth ; never making an exit but that she left the audience Cot.:.smitat ion ()flier pleasant countenance. Her virtue had its reward set, and applause and specie; for it happened, that as the Dukes of Dor ext...?sl Devonshire, Lord Halifax, and Ober nobles, over a bottle, were R at T i a i x ng , Mrs. Bracegirdle's virtuous behaviour, ' Come,' says Lord Lordsl t i noorn you all commend her virtue, but why do we not present this able woman with something worthy her acceptance?' His to I P . deposited 200 guineas, which the rest made up 800, and sent 11, , with encomiums on her virtue." ter It is not a li tt l e diverting to find great Lords and Dukes paroxysm of m o ra lity, o ver th e b o ttl e , . eight hundred poun d s i n order to recompense an actress for he virtue! Such subscriptions are rarely made now-a e3s • Th e bi ograph i cal sketch of Farinelli is full of : ri n otts anecd ote. T h i s celebrated singer, who came to 'land in 1734, was quite the rage of the day—" a rage 411 eh led t h e votaries of fashion, not the lovers of music, into extravagant folly and absurdity."' He was petted— nLatsted—idolized—carieatured—and in one year pocketed fO O less than five th ousan d poun d s — a pretty go ld en h arvest 1 ! a Poor It a li an to reap! So preposterous was the popu adrniratien of him, that " one God, one Farinelli,.' was affected express i on use d b y a l a d y o f f as hi on i n her ~eetied extacies during the performance of one of his , 43 ,, i ngs ' On quitti ng E ng l an d th e Signior went to M a d r id, ere h e be came an equal f avour i te ; was t a k en i nto t h e -ilServic e , of th e Court ; had the good l uc k to war bl e King Philip out of a desperate fit of illness, and himself into a 15 : 1si° n of three thousand pounds a year. After a long I nd som ew h at eventful life, he died at Bologna in the year : 82 . To t h e unr i valled M ozart, M r . H ogar th d evo t es ' 4 entire c h apter, the cr i t i ca l portion of which is not legs intere s ti ng t h an t h e biographical. He also dwells n on a a am, r sc lle length t 1 Naldi, Grassini, Mara, and A o, - rogetti, w hose names—though the singers them eg lAve, we helieve, all passed from the stage of life— ". &nand. in our mouths as household words." 01. 1 the whole ive have been much pleased with Mr. Ho- Ratty 8 Work. It is penned in a candid spirit, abounds in 44 ! cd °tes, som e o f th em qu i te o f a d ramat i c character, a ~ slicksitaan every page a thorough relish for, and acquain• tdryee with, the subject. TIIE VIOLIN. 1 Voz. C lburn, London, 1833 A careful and well-digested treatise, containing a great ' zni ").' of i n f ormat i on, biographical as well as anec d ot i cal, 1',4411,,,c,er.ni.ng that si ngu l ar i nstrumen t—th e v i o li n ; w hi c h , as ninl has lately Froved, can be made to " discourse" ,ntivall e d music. Mr. Dubourg, the author, is himself a i l i t ne violin play er , consequent l y the task o f wr i t i ng upon 51l treatises, be en to him a labour of love—the great charm of . iot treat i'es. A mong ot h er recommen d at i ons , hi s vo l ume )jtitaiiis account s o f C oo k e , C ore lli , t h e C ramers, D e t, Linley, Mori, Paganini, Sp agno l e tti, the Po lir, and several others, who have be en ce l e b rate d for excellence of their violin performances. SPORTING MAGAZINE. 1411• tende ncy to i ndiscriminate praise, or to sweeping cen t' j • Just it jumps with the humour of th e cr i t i c , h as pelt , en charged upon some of our brethrs.n of the- book and , a nd, accordingly, but little importance has been at- It; v ' e.(l by some person; to the not i ces of periodicals monthly e n to'the p u bli c. W e ourse l ves, h owever, b e i ng free r°lll all h;55 whatever, and speaking impartially, from an Pet usA of ail the pap e rs in th e p resen t N um b er, un (litzuill,rl • C , rm such as have not yet teen the A ugus t , it i 1,14(nu y er, that, t r k en as a whole, san excell e nt one , ap l ere are even some artic'es in it that would lend grace to P • 1 . • 4;4Periodical —that. ical—that for instance, by Ornither, describing 4 to the Black Moontains, is . evidently the prod uc ti on scholar and a gentlemao, Charnwood is cf the same ; and, with other contribators, proves that Pitman has t e ,„ t: "red the p ens o f persons who are not only thorough prac , 41" s portsmen but something besid e s. " ales o n Ridi ng " i s IZ % 'g l : l Yuseful pap er , grace f u ll y an d e l egant l y written, hav:ng • cuject to prove that the great secret i n l eap i ng i s an eY in the waist: and hip joints. The futility of the It ieking" :yster n is exposed in the m os t master l y manner, ~thi4ll it is conclusively shewn that neither knees, calves, nor 4 hs, without pliiney of tiic vraist and hip joints, w ill give u4.l' 0 or safc seat in riding t i ' hound s . " A T ouc h o f Hy '' 1• 41.01.ia" is perhaps a l';ttle out of place, and the rhyme "titled " The Eccles Hunt," really requires a good f.are(l, not hypercritical reader. " Phcenix" is clever : 'HI observations on Private Trials will Le new to ntuny ; ' are ju s t, an d d er i ve a ddi t i ona l i nterest from the C o b . f.,411 affair. Th e engrav i ngs; especially Westley's Poacher, w`'i Kida's painting, are of the same order of excellence I ."re a ccustomed to look for, and generally find, in a tn g magazine like Pitman's, which h as a high reputa (l,l to sustain. --...........--. . , * 0 U N I' 011 I,l* DE 1) REPORT.—A vasw. rumour in the 14,, : t iern k Pall of this county has been in general circulation during , the li, h ( 7 • 1 e14 :, that the Galatea hait been run down by a steamer in the Log_ tit, wi:_4:lnel. and had immediately gone to the bottom, taking with her Tsih et 'le ( 1 her gallant crew, together with her owner, Mr. C. 11. M. Iti ..,„! h 11 ), his amiable lady and some friends. We have, however, sjoi"'lsfaction of swing that there cannot be the least feundation for th, ~, rel)ort, as we have ascertained that the report was abroad before or ,74th Ott . , on , •I • •Iday the ' latca sailed from Cowes for the coast Spain . ' lic 1 Pep er , ,it • . Ism notice of an acciden t ` has appeared any o 4, I ce that date.— Merthyr Gtia,"dian. s t r ata 41°St destructive conflamation occurrcd in Elbceuf, f,tereadY hour on Saturday moriiin;, by wri:ch the great woollen menu. e . ). ' 4 M. Rataloing was totally do3troyed, with all the machinery, i s elti4illie adj.iining hit !dings were also seriously damaged. The loss 1,,,,,: n, tcrl at a million of francs, and more than threehundred work. it,,,,:i.".atir,' thrown cut of employment by this caia:nity. 'f:ie property 'th e ,":,,,tie.dtto a considerable amount. Fortunately no lives were lost. -r,_ e .thie accident is ra.t known. iis„ k f" Lunerick tradesmen have determined not to in 11 ,„ . r. any employer who does not pay his workmen before two o'clock ttree'r:ritti,rnooil each Saturday, Co as to enable them to go to market in ill o Sabbath. I i sli A PPLA USE.—A funeral procession met the Ard Li _ 14,,, three tenatit on some of the roads about Dublin—halted, and gave vk/ e e cheer s ! It is said the corpse joined . in it. We t , . "MR iS most beautiful when in tears like a rose 'itli the chr •st I lew - -ilarile Eris whzer. A ftvr 3a ' 4 t1„ 1 m payinciit of the expen,;es of the coronation fed of upwards of int., which has lic,,, i n'trY, there is a surplus in hand litt u ,2 4 gid in the natnes ef the trustees in the savings' batik for some ' °evasion. It is to be hoped Et similar occasion will not soon occur. p t.pA • INT PosurtoN.—A few days ago, kuri,," ' S' , at 1, 04 e 1 ), a siv:.rrn of bees settled on Ea man and boy, near the Pack . 4 ,,, Ih • A hive was procured, and placed over the heads ot the bat ' 'Y Co uple ;" and the queen bee h.sving been taken c,ft the boy's ar 0 ,,,,'“, 4 1 placed on the top of the hive, her subjects loyally gathered '.l her, leaving the frightened pair unscathed. COURT CIRCULAR. The Qucen will hold a Privy Council this afictneon, at the new Palace. _ _ Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess ofKent and th e Princess Hohenlohe, and attended by the Marchioness Of Nor manby, took a drive yes.eril-y afternoon, through P.M-mill, Regent-street, and round the Parks, in en uper. t arouche, drawn by four greys. Viscount Melbourne had •an au:lience yesterday of her Maj,sty. The Royal dinner party, last evening, included the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Duke of Argyle, Hon. William and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Sir George Villiers, Lord Levcson, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The hand of the Coldstream regiment of foot-guards was in attendance at the palace during this evening. Tne Marchioness of Normanby and Lady Gardiner have suc. ceeded the Ccuintess of Charlemont and Lady Caroline Bar rington as the Lady and Bed-chamber-woman in Waiting on the Queen ; and Lord Gardiner and Mr. Rich, M. P , have replaced the Marquis of Ileadfort and the Hon. William Con per as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Serene Highness the Princess llohenlohe accompanied the Queen to her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening.. The Royal suite included the Marchioness of Normanby, Lady Flora Hastings, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord Gardiner, Hon. C. A. Murray, Mr. Rich, and Lord Alfred Paget. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, were also present at the performance. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohen lobe Langrnbourg, and Prince Peter and the Princess of Oldenburgh, visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir George Crewe, Bart., at the Berners Hotel, Berners street, from &smut-Album ; G. Gould, Esq , Mrs. Gould, and family, at ditto, from the Continent ; E. Currie, Esq., and Miss Corrie, at ditto, from Liverpool ; J. Cole, Esq., Mrs. Cole, and family, at ditto, from Exeter; J. Wilkinson, Esq., and family, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Ltily Theodosia and the Misses Spring Rice, from Down ing -street, for Ireland ; Sir Robert and Lady Fitzwygram and family, from► Connaught-place, for Dover, en route to Milan ; Mr. and Lady Harriet L. Ellerton, from Eaton-square. for Kelham Hall, near Newark, Notts ; the Marquis and Mar chioness de Talaru and suite, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jer myn•street, for Paris; Major-General and Mrs. Hull, from Norfolk -street, Park-lane, for Hampstead-heath ; Viscount Burghersh, from Upper Harley -street, for Aix-la-Chapelle; Lord and Lady Louth and family, for their seat, Louth Hall, county Louth ; Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Wil helmina Stanhope, for Ems, in the duchy of Nassau ; Mr.. Gladstone, M. P., on a Continental tour ; Lord Rokeby, from Montagu House, Portman-square, for his grouse shoot ing quarters in the Highlands ; Rear- Admiral Lord Mark Kerr, for the north ; the dowager Lady Blackett, for Matlen Hall; the Rev. Sir John AIM, Bart., from the Pulteney Hotel, for Motlisfont Abbey, Hants ; Lieut.-General Sir Joh■ and Lady Slade, from ditto, for his seat, Mansell House, Somersetshire ; the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, from Hill -street, fur Enville Hall, Staffordshire; the Right Hon. C. W. Wynn and family, from Grafton -street, for his seat, Llangedwin, near Oswestry, Montgomeryshire; Lord Wyn ford, from Conduit-street, for his scat, Leesons, ncar Chisel hurst, Kent; the Rev. Frederick Harcourt and family, for Ryde, Isle of Wight; Colonel and Lady Caroline Wood and family, for Littleton House, near Staines ; Sir G. Warren der, for Chefden House, near Maidenhead, Berks ; Mr. and Lady Georgiana Codrington, for the Continent. THE QUEEN.—It is now understood that her Ma jesty has signified her intention of residing at Windsor till the first week in November, when the Court will remove direct to Brighton, where her Majesty will remain till the period arrives for taking up her abode in the metropolis. The domestics in charge of the palace have no orders touching the arrival of her Majesty, but private sources state that the mansion appropriated to Sir Herbert Taylor, or one of those at the southern extremity of Marlborough-place, is forthwith to be got ready for the reception of the nincess Augusta. The Queen, we have reason to believe, will not arrive at this place until the 9th of November. The painting of the palace, which was suddenly stopped last year in consequence of her Majesty's arrival, is now being proceeded with.— Brighton Guardian. The Duke of Northumberland is to be Chairman of the coming meeting of the British Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne The Noble Duke has resolved on making a wet dock at and in the Coble Dean,.North Shields (a place already half formed by nature for that pur pose), for the shipment of coals in particular. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Bentinek has resigned the appointment of Military Secretary to Major-Gervral Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.8., Governor of Gibraltar. Colonel Bridgeman replaces him. ....... The Bishop of Llandaff is quite recovered from the serious indisposition which he was labouring under a short time since. Ilis Lordship is at present on a visit to Lady Wilson, at Sidmouth. The Earl and Countess Grey passed through this town on Tueschy, for their seat, Howick,in this county. The Noble Earl appeared in excellent health, and he surveyed the monument erect. at the top of Grey-street with evident signs of satisfaction.—Tyne Mercury, Lord and Lady Wicklow, and the Ladies Howard, are to be added to the numerous families cf high rank about to proceed Lo France and Italy. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and the Ladies Villiers will leave Berkeley square to-morrow for Paris, en route to Milan. The Noble Earl was prevent with his Counters at the Corona tion of the present Emperor of Austria as King of Bohemia, at Prague, two years ago, and he intends to be present with his Countess at the august ceremony about to take place in the capital of Lombardy. The Marquis and Marchioness de 13ri ,, nole and suite arrived yesterday at the Pultency Hotel, A'b'marle street, front a tour. His Exc,llency was the guest of the Duke of D,vonshire at Chats worth, and the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, at their magnificent seat, ARM) Towers, Derbyshire, where were assembled the Italian Prince Darla and other illustrious fore'gners. Lord Berwick, formerly Ambassador at the court of Naples, has arrived from a three years' tour on the continent. His Lordship has left Warren's Hotel for the family seat, Atterwick Hall, Shropshire. The Hon. William Temple, brother and heir pre sumptive to Viscount Palmerston, has arrived at Stanhope-street, from Naples, where his Lordship is Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of King Ferdinand I. Mr. Kennedy is accredited Charge d'Affaires during the absence of Mr. Temple. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter arrived at Grillon's Hotel on Tuesday, from Cowdry Park, to be present at the marriage of his wily brother, Lord Thomas Cteil, with Lady Sophia Lennox, sister of the Duke of Richmond. Prince Esteihazy will leave Chandos House in a few days for Milan. The Princess Borghese arrived at `lat•seilles on the Ist inst. from Paris, and has since sailed on board the Lyeurgue steamer for Italy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downsitire, with Lord Edwin and Lady Charlotte Hill, contemplate a tour on the Con tinent during the autumn. The Marquis and Marchioness de Ta!aru and suite left the Brunswick Hotel yesterday for Paris. The Countess of Jersey leaves town to-morrow for Dover, en route to MEan. - The Noble Earl will follow in the early part of next week. Countess de Egloff.tein has arrived at Mivart's Hotel limn Dresden. Baron Breekhausen, who has been indisposed at his apartments at :divan's Hotel, went by the railroad to Windsor pester. day, accompanied by Count Maurice Esterhazy. Lady Anne Montagu Scott has left Grosvenor street on a vL.it to her sister, the Lady Marsham, at Bexley, in Kent, who is in dlirate health. The King of Prussia has conferred the Order of the Red Eagle, second easg, on the c:.lebrated chemist Bcrzellus, of Stock holm. The Duke of Devonollie was expected at Devon shire House at a late hour last night from Cli itsworth. His Excelhairy the Marquis de Brignole (Ambassador Extraordinary from Sardinia), Marchioness de Ilriznole„ Earl and Countesi of Ilarew”.-l. lord 'livers. Count Paul Esterhazy, have been among his Grace's visitors. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, accompanied by the Marquis of Worcester imtl Lady Augusta Somerset, have left town far Milan, for the Coronation of the Emperor of Austria. A NEW TR A DE.—A shoplutper in WeNtittillSter displays in his window his appointment as purveyor of " ()dory" to her Majesty. , A Cabinet Council was held yesterdly afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It wa, aite•nded by Viscount Melbourne, the Lora Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Pal. merston, Lord Gleneg, the Chancellor of the Exch _quer, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thompson, and Viscount Ilowick. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Russian Ambassador had an interview vester day with Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street. The French, Austrian, Prussian, and Greek Am bassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. • Lord Gosford transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Sir George Villiers transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Agent for Van Diemen's Land transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Department. Despatches, dated the ldth ult., were received yes terday at the Foreign Department from Lord Ponsonhy, the British Am bassador at Constantinople. Despatches, dated the 3d of March, were received yesterday at the Colonial Department from Slr J. Franklin, the Cover. nor of Van Diemen% Land. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. - Yesterday a number of workmen were employed under the direction of Mr. Burton, In erecting a scaffolding around the triumplial arch at Hyde Park_ corner, for the purpose of placing oil the top of the arch a wooden model of the intended statue of the I)uke of Wellington. The operations at tracted much notice. STATUE OF DR. JOUNSON.—Last week the foundation for the statue of Dr. Jfilmson, intended to be erected in the Market.place, Lichfield, was laid with appropriate ceremonies, by the Rev. Chancellor Law, to Whom the city is indebted for z^alouely pro. moting this testimony to its most illustrious townsman. The statue, which is completed, Is reckoned an excellent likeness, and will stand in such a position as to be seen from the furthest extremity of Market. stre;4. TIIE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY OF lactor:m—ller Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, in a communication from Lord John Russell to his Grace the Duke of Leinster, has been most graciously pleased to consent to become the Patroness of the Society, and to permit it to be called The Royal Horticultural Society fo Ireland." —Saunders' News Letter. Mrs. Anne Highman, of Nottingham, died recently from mortification of the tongue, occasioned by the prick of a needle which she had in her mouth. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1838. " CONSOLATION UNDER. STE.AiiI It is a reflection which will appear to different persons, ac cording as their dispositions are for peace or contention, either a mitigation or an aggravation of circumstances, that in all great questions which divids public opinion there is usually a self-motive power which drives them to an end in a manner beyond the contreul either of favour or oppositien. While two rppes!te parties are striving to settle, in too opposite ways, a question cf this kin', it generally turns out that the question has settled itself. Steam power is see of those powers which has proved itself sufficient to its own eqablish ine.nt. The principle of the thing, like the thing itself, e ar . ries all before it. There is no resisting steam either a; a power or as a principle; and it may be accounted as impos sible for steam companies to help extending themselves, as for the piston of a steam-engine to avoid rising out of the cylin der. It is, therefore, too late now, if it was ever advisable, to oppose the universal application of steam power to the at. fairs of the social economy. We remember embarking in one of the earliest of the vessels constructed on the steam principle—a low, angular, most an . seamanlike object, and more resembling a raft than a pro ter boat—or you might p e rhaps ha ve t a k en i t f or a large dining_ table afloat. All the asso c iati ons w i t h t h e character ( )e - British tar were shaken ; th e i n di gnant s h a d e of Nelson seemed a to rise from the grave; and even the voice of Dibdin was audible to poet's ears, protesting e ith a sa il or ' s oath against the lubberly innovation. Public convenience, however, tri umphed over every o th er cons id erat i on—as we suspect it al : ways will ; and it was found that a vessel which could go out of port during flood-tide, and hold its course right in the teeth of the wind--.which could traverse the seas and come home again, and start again and again return, while more scientific sailors were tossing about in sight of land or unable to leave their moorings —might be a lubber& innovation, but at any rate it was a very good one. What has been the feeling of the public with regard to steam-goats, may be gathered from a comparison between the Great Western steamer, now pl y _ ing between Bristol and New York, and its " rude forefather" the floating dinner-table above described; remembering at the same time, that a space of twenty years embraces all the im provements implied in the contrast. If the Nereidcs of the poets were shocked by the first plash ing of a steam-paddle, what must have been the sensations of the Dryades and Ilamadryades at sight of a colony of people flying through their woods and plains in a cloud of fire and smoke ! We are by no means indifferent to the claims of sen timent and of beauty, whether by land or sea; and we confess we are unable at present to defend steam-boats or railways on either of these grounds. Let it stand confessed, then, that they are full of ugliness; that West and East longitude are not more at variance than they and the poets. But as hat avail such complaint; or what wisdom is there in making them ? An agent of unlimited human convenience is discovered : if we were ungrateful enough to desire its rejection, yet should we be unable to effect it, for it has become already implicated beyond redemption with all the necessities of our life. What then remains to do, but to ac cept it wish a good grace, and turn it to all the account we ean. Whenever nature gives us an instrument of such extraordinary effieacy as this, and we find ourselves distressed by any of its effects in our first use of it, let us rather believe that we have not arrived at the perfect handling and application, titan that she has forgotten to make it better. There are many comforts for the poets in this business, which they do not choose to EC: ; we will therefore endeavour to point them out. In the first place, it is to be remembered that all true sentiment is a thing of growth and association; and that to say that a perfect nos elty is destitute of sentiment, is no more reasonable a complaint than to say that the seed of the rose-tree is without scent, or that the acorn wants the pro portions of the oak. Nothing is poetical, nothing sentimental, itself, but only in its circumstances. If certain sentiments are connected with ships and sailors, these sentiments are en tirely due to the memories of the past, to the association with victories and tales of other times, and to circumstances of chit racter and incident which will arise again and again, under all varieties of change, as long as men are men. If a country. road and a mail-coach are objects of sentiment, any other road and any other coach may become so. Philosophers they cer tainly are not, and we can hardly admit them to be poets, who do not perceive that the springs of sentiment are all in the human heart, and none in the forms of things. It is indeed surprisingen toonethat setof circumstances the fallacy which and r attributes efse übesauitty toand another setiti itt should not be more readily seen through, since a little reflec tion will easily impress the fact, that the very order of things which is now dwelt upon pathetically under prospect of a change, was once itself the change under prospect of which a previous order of things was similarly bewailed. It is not necessary to be disgracefully old, to remember the time when the mail-bags were carried by a courier on horseback; nor to be very recondite historians, to discover the period when there were no stage- coaches, or the period when there we: e no coaches at all. All travelling associations, two hur.dred.and fifty years ago, were confined to horses ; sentiments turned on pack saddles and knapsacks—to say nothing here abut heaths and highwaymen. The first stage-coach ran over, these senti ments, of course ; but substituted others, it seems. So it will ever be. Why, time was when a ship itself was a novelty, and a grave disturber of association. The acme of profane im pertinence was reached, and the tie plus ultra of vulgar Utili tarianism already achieved, in the eyes of Conservatives, some four or five thousand years ago, when some one—furnished, we are assured, " with triple brass about his heart"---launched the first boat. Again, if steam-boats and railways present certain appear ances which shock our sense of the beautiful, it does not fol low they will always do so. Utility is the first object aimed at in all new undertakings—fitness to an end ; consequently, it rarely happens that a new invention is at orce useful and beautiful: but efficiency being once fully rs:ablished, pains are then, very properly, bestowed on the dictates of taste. We should form a very poor idea of the elegance of a mansion if we judged of it in the while in th e course o f erect i on; and yet bricks and beams must c ome fi rst . Th e improve ments already made in the build of stelm-v; ssels, if we only recall the unseemly appearance of the early speci Tens, such as to war,-ant the belief that the utmost elegance of structure is compatible with die principle of their propulsion. With respect to railways, it may appear more dlficult to win favour for them from the sentimental, r.ho will probably be at a loss to conceive how any associations can arise to place them in the number of cherished things. W e h ave nothing to say, abstractedly, in favour of long, straight, lead lines of road : they are not beautiful in themselves, and never can be come so. Yet are there several facts overlooked in connec tion with this subject, of wh'cli we desire to remind the reader. Let it be remembered, then, that if railways p resent a greater number and length of straight lines than ordinary roads, these lines are not associated in the minds of travellers (and we shall all be travellers soon) with tbe same sense of weariness—they arc less long in fact than shorter lengths on other roads. The speed of railway travelling is already such as to have established a new criterion of distance : and if, of which we entertain no dubt, such improvements come into operation as that about to be attempted on the Great Western Railway (the ten-eeet wheel), it is hardly po-sible to predict the paint at which the speed attainable on these roads may culminate. If so, we shall come to look upon leagues as, formerly, on miles; and the eye will travel over a line of straight road, extending almost into the horizon, with the same freedom froM fatigue as the body itself. h d ic o h to ra t i h l e - We will freely confess, that we have spoken here mor e f rom t.ul philosophy l in tile than ai ta c fr h o m m e nt feeling th ; e l o )a ld rti r c u ip i ltin ob j g e as cts w , e , reads threaten to displace. But when a great and unquestion able blessing is given to man, such as steam is, we cannot but feel, all other considerations apart, that it is his duty, and must become his pleasure, to follow it through all its opera tions. In the meantime, it sce.ns desirable to find such fair and reasonable arguments as may reconcile the public to a course which indeed it cannot avoid if it would. Those which we have advanced appear to us of this nature.— Spectator. Total, Ulster ... X. 2,066,119 X:2,1:27,528 X 1,968,177 £•2,109,305 'rola% Ireland... £•2,538,001 £2,677,335 £2,411,861 £2,580,697 Number of Aeres sown in Flax, in the Province of Ulster, ACRES. in the year 1823 Ditto ditto in the whole of Ireland, in the year 1823 122,242 We regret that no authentic information showing the state of the linen trade can be obtained subsequent to the year 182 4, when the Linen Board was discontinued ; but the Re turns by the Collectors of Customs indicate a large increase of the quantity of linen exported in 1835, as compared with the exports of 1825 ; and Mr. Stanley reports, on the autho rity of the most experienced persons concerned in the trade at Delfast, that the manufacturing of linen throughout Ulster has increased within the last five years. The only to:s n in Ireland, in which the cotton trade has been established to any extent, is Belfast ; and it is repre sented as declining even there. Several of the mills originally designed for the spinning of cotton are now employed in spin flex, and there are at present only six mills in Belfast. With regard to the woollen trade a considerable diminution ap pears to have taken place since 1822. A statement of its extent and value at that period is to be found in the Appendix to the Fourth Repert of the Parliamentary Commissioners, who were then engaged in an inquiry on the state of the Revenue in Ireland. W c have reason to believe that the estimate therein given, both as to the quantity and value of the woollens stated to be then manufactured, is too high. • There existed at that time 45 manufacturers in and about Dublin, and the value of the cloth annually produced by them, if estimated at the present prkes would probably be about 200,000/. The value of the woollens now manufactured within the same district is stated by Mr. W. ‘Villans, to be about 00,000/. The manu facture has also declined in the districts of Cork, Kilkenny, Monte, and Carrick-on. Suir ; and at the present time the value of the woollens produced within all these districts is supposed not to amount to 20,000/. With regard to the flannel trade of Wicklow and 'Wexford, the annual value of its produce is estimated, in the document above referrei to at 56,000/. This was probably much above its actual value at that time, but it may now be considered as extinct. One branch cf the woollen trade, the manufacture of worsted and stuff articles, has greatly increased since 1822, and is now carried on t:.) a considerable extent at Mounmellick and Abbe) lei x. With respect to the wool grown in Ireland, its annual value, at the present prices, may amount to 300,000/. The great bulk is exported to England, and a part to France. Irish wuol is not suitable fur the manufacture of any cloths but those of very low price, but it is well adapted to any article of worsted manufacture, and hence one of the principal causes of the recent extension of that branch of the woollen trade. The consumption of woollens in Ireland is much below that of an equal population in England. Mr. \Villans calculates that the annual value of woollens sold ita Ireland does not exceed 1.400,000/., being about 3s. 3d. per head on the population; whereits the total consumption &f England cannot be less in value than from 18,000,000/. to 20,000,0001., which would aniount to 20;. per bead,. the and they have generally a f finntud h fe, e i ti o irn o ea l , I r e k r. te s ir c i o n n fi s uit u eh e s 0 u t h 0 I Ire landpublilbiciaarge of Enconsumed o proporti on l;:g lisp t o m o England. Among the many and striking effects of steam navi gation are the changes which it is effecting in the commercial The great relations of different parts of the country. NVliiie many dis tricts of Ireland are brought, for the purposes of trade, nearer to England and Scotland than to Dublin, a more immediate and less expensive communication is established between that city a nd many important parts of England than now exists between it and the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, and The manufacturer of Dublin can now send his goo's Derry. to Devonshire, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, MI lc, the woollen trade of Ireland, though with more dil atch than the manufacturer of Yorkshire. much less than what it formerly was, is now in a sounder and healthier state than when existing under the Upon para lyzing influence of protecting duties. The manufacturers, though few ill number. carry on their business with activity and intelligence ; they have adopted every new improvement in paid for similar works in England ;-1- and Liver. machinery, an rbundant supply of water potter. The wages ehich they pay ate less water and pool and London, the great marts for foreign wool, dyes, and than those oil, arc fully as accessible to the Irish as to the English ma nufdeturer t t h e y are, in consequence, able to produce an ar ticle capable of sit4aining competition with the best specimens of Yorksliive cloth. t h ese grounds," observes MI. Willans, " •, Oct I look fo”- ward with confidence to the yearly advance of the woollen trado of Ireland." B es id e; these, it ran scarcely be said that there is any other manufac ture in Ireland condu cted on so great a scal as to he of much national importance. U n d er the now exploded syitem of bounties and protecting duties, severa l ma nuf4clories sprang up ; but not. being the nat ura l growth of circumstances favourableto their est a bli s h ment, most of them gradually disappeared as soon as the undu e encouragement, which b a d created and stimulated the m , was w i t hd rawn. Still, there are to be found, in every district, establishments of various kinds, conducted in the most creditabl e manner ; but they do not exist to such )e an extent as to cl a i m especial notice in a general v iew of t employment of t h e people. If it Here neees 6 a r Y to show that there is no i napt i tude among the I t i o n for manufactures, even es require v ,pu for such a the greatest i nge nuity, neatness, and skill, we wou ld select the damask o f Lisburn and the tabinets of Dublin : the worked muslins produced in many parts of Ireland, and very often frcm the poorest cabins, rival those of France, and are sold at half the price ; embreidery on silks and satins is also carried to great perfection, and'sehouls have ben established in many pl,, c es for the instruction of the female peasantry in this beautiful art. 13at while the manufactures which were formed under the system of bounties have been sinking into decay, the various processes to which agricultural produce is subjected have been graduary ex:coded and-improved. Grinding, malting, brew. log, end distilling have made great progress within these few years. Until lately, the mills cf Bristol and Liverpool en lyed almost the r ex l c!rire advantage of converting the Irish j wheat into flour. t l r e r r oe x e h ss ee is i now performed in Ireland. The construction of water-wheels s and other machinery, has been much impr.;ved, and - I '. .t the use of them,. under favourable circumstances, has mills in which s greatly increased ; but there are few large steam is not united with water power, in order that the well supply as may be constant and regular during the summer as the winter months—a proof of a better system of trading and of more en l arge d means. The process of malting w as one o f th e fi rst i n w hi c h im provement 'became manifest ; and this has gradually led to greater perfection in the quality of the beer produced. Great breweries have been established in Dublin and Cork. Irish porter i s it largely exporte d to E ng l an d , an d t h e Dublin bottled porter successfully rivals the L o ndon porter, even in London its e lf . The quality Gf Trisha improved : produce has also considerably Irish butter, Irish p or k, an d I r i s h b ee f b r i ng grea ter prices in the English • maAct, than they did some few 'ears ago ; while the quantityn_ produced . and exported has much increased. The districts i those of Cc these improvements are the most mealiest, Waterford, Limerick, and Belfast. arc From north to so tl . indications of )ro , ress;ve improve mentu i . are every where moat 1 in !aces which are accessible to ij i . e ' 'ere ,r v • is r ibl ' e ;1 and f Sie n ain P eavir alien ; but initniusa.e tv,aence q . these signs o f 1 j not so dis growing proyerity lb are oohsppt y, e, cernible in the l as in thr; the conditioa of the labour.houring ~,rhoep amount of proportion of produce r of their e the latter tele' velfrall to be consistent with a heaith , their tre •is Thetos pressure of a super abundant and L y , xcc M ate . of society. ,ilton (~ lease, with respect to the resources as yet d iv ey e el l o )° p P e u d ‘ for their maintenance and occu pation) is t:e Ti-powerfully rpetua y and actingto depress them. TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES DURING A RESt- Dr.NCE IN NEW ZEALAND FROM THE YEAR 1831 TO 1837. BY J. S. PuLACK, Esc.—The• author of this work resided in New Zealand for seven years, and his sojourn has not been without advantage in a literary view. With sonic reading, a good deal at practical knowledge, very CIL and consideratne inr iver • 4.. f arbocrveat wel , qiA :in ei. tiousness, be has bzen able to make most advantageous use of his oppor utilities, and has produced one of the most complete accounts of a b3lf savage count ry we bare lately met with. The attention just now (Erected towards New Zealand, as a field for colonization, gives great interest to :r. Polack's work. It furnishes a very good idea of the present con.q. tion acct capability of Ne v Zelland; inclu ling its extent, productions , harbours, rivers, ct:mate, &:c. The vo7umcs also eanvey a living picture of the customs, manners, morals, and character of the natives; ineltulin! their aptitude for c:vilization and amalgamating with European blool The na:rat:veof one journey, uncle, t tken by the autism' into the interior of the country, pments one of . the Wst pictures of savage life and cha racter that we ever remember to have read ; while, by its distinct truth, it enables the reader to form a very capital notion of the native society of New Zealand, and the general features of the country. —Spectator. THE WOMAN OF THE. WORLD.—This new 110Vel of fashionable life, by the author of " The Diary of a Desennuyee," is at tracting considerable attention. At the period of the pi.blication of the " Desennuy ee" much curiosity was shown to discover the real author, but without success. Some persons hare fancied thA they have chscovered in these productions a semblance to the style of Mrs. Gore, but we un derstand there is no just ground fur attributing them to the pen of that lady. Whoever may be the author, " The Woman of the World" is production of too personal and satirical a kind ever to be avowed —the character of the heroine and most of the other personages who figure io its pages being evidently drawn from the life. Mn. URQUIIA RT'S SPIRIT OF THE EAST.-- We arc requested to state that this work will be published on Saturday next, the 11 tit in,t., by Mr. Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough.str rel, who has also just ready, Lord Lindsay's Travels in the Holy Land, fa. , in 9. vols. post Svo., with illustrations, and Captain Alexander live of an Expedition i n t o th e I nter i or of Maui, in 1837, unde r the auspices of the British Gove r nm en t , i n 0 vo l t., sm a ll Sen., w i t h tr ap and numerous illustra'hns. A g ent s : f or Scotland, Messrs Be ll an d Brad.. Wal fide, burg!) ; for Ireland, Mr. J o h n C umming, Dublin, O r ders re' ceived by all booksellers. 's Narra. A WELL-ORDERED GARDEN.—Alluding to the Emperor of Austria's garden at Sclionbrun, Mrs. Trollope rta:es that one part " is laid out with such old-fashioned skill, and such scrupu lous attention to regularity, that it sterns as if every leaf took orders from the gardener before it ventured to sprout" The hell of the Town Hall at Avignon was taken down a few days since. Cast in the year 1470, when Charles of Bur gunday was Legate, and shortly after the tumultuous meeting of the cor poration, at which the abolition of the Cotaulate was resolved on, tlus bell was sung in token of rejoicing at all elections aLd promotions which have taken place for the advantage of the good people of Avig nopt. Legates, vice-legates, consuls, municipal officers, mayors, &C, have 1): en proclaimed by it. But now its occupation's gone, and, in its own clapper, it is about to be struck by the smith's hammer to sound no more, and one yore apt Pi Ygndll!'m I isvtiel:lldboef being struck by added to the long list'that disgraces some of the provincial Yu nieipalities of Fran Ne.. When down, the following inscription was to tie / Ken on'tt 4 agursla Campona.a fact faire la villa d'dviguidn, esseng c onsuls Clot nobles kommq. Anthoni Spitre, Jaco; Disquiri et ,a. 'an mil ccc lx§C." joti 8 %1 f : 3 : 47 n: it. the proprietor of the Ifil!eriiiao iSii llB . "ear I )tib;iii, a . tid the most exte:iiive wool!en manufacturer in Jnland.—Ahpcndix p, No. Irishl ,, ' , l , l ) e rk fo m il e o , i vy t t r i s w tim h o . n , y i o t f o ;i t h i c ,ig c: l t y ld r u e c , t p a cc n t d ii rli c ial i i i i r i: i s of h. sea iu l : : e r l w s tea ; ;; Qi ‘ ri : Lk Y htv e i : jari l; ,,, lo 4 ; y : . g o imo tt um r p f il i s c ii t no o ,np r , : fo i vo q c : fid r . l y three mi Jct! hly o r I t f! i e ' t ) , - voi 4 +l ;:f tr i s i? s , l ,, :i nt g e r t F , a y t o t: t.. o . mlicr of them in my empluymeot froin two s as worknu m, ft , lll wit 2strranig,liitrtt,),•.eftivaercyeaasiso,•,,tiveerilyikeasthaenmy: ;17.0ELtrdic4thoNfviall l a . n e s t i t o e f t* Leid t o th3e. - . EMPLOYMENT of the POPULA.TION. SL AITE TRADE. • • ______.....- • . : .-:%#,.. (From the ul sport of the Rail , ..vay C0wint.4:94.41 4 ..z.t. The following is the motion propo;ed bs Lori Brougham Inland.) ' - `felative :to the slave trade, en Monday, ani egreed to n'ntine With rrspset to the employment of the people-sit is essen_ • dissentience :- tially agricultural ; but in the northern distric', besides . their " That an humble address be presentsd to her Msjesty, rural occupations. numbers of the peasantry are engaged in . dutifully to submit to her Majesty, that the slave trade, which the linen trade. The culture of flax, its preparation and m a - the Congress of Vienna most justly described as having de nusaetore, oreepy a considerable portion of the time and l a .. graded Europe, des/dated Africa, and efil.cted humanity, no- Lour of the • populatimi of the comities of Armagh, A n t r i m , vertbelcss still continues with great intensi:y ; that, notwith. Down, Tyrone, Lomloi.deiry, and part of Monaghan. standing the various treaties and conventions which have Been If sgisu l Ause were more perfect in these districts, the entered into by her Majesty and her Royal predecess)is with farms larger, end the distinction Letwsen the farmer and the different po:scrs fir the suppression of this ttaffic, and not labourer mole in..ricd. such a combination of trades would withstanding all the endeavours of successive Administrations probably be found 'wisher conv en i en t nor condu c i ve to pro- at home and of her Majesty's ministers and agents in foreign lit ; but the farmers being also, for the most part, labourers, countries, and of her Majesty's naval force employed in this and the labourers small landholders, the spare time not re- service abroad, the trade has been aggravated in all its her spired f o r the cultivation of their land, and which, in other rors ; and that it is the opinion of this Ilouse, that a general districts, is so often given up to idleness, intemp erance , or concurrence of the great Powers professing Christianity in a crime, is here devoted to a profitable and us e f u l em pl o y ment, declaration that the slave trade, by whomsoever carried on, is which rewards industry with a fair return, and promotes habits piracy, and ought to bs ponished as such, is, under the bless. of peace and order. The variety of occupation afforded by ing of God, one of the mast probable means of effecting the this system of domestic manufacture, to the different members abolition of that trade. o f t h e family, is its chief recommendation. While the men " That this House is further of opinion, that, in all treaties ar e engaged in weaving the yarn, the task of preparing it for to be contracted between her Majesty and her Allies, the con the loom by breaking, hackling, and spinning, is performed cession of a mutual right of search of their commercial vessels by the females, who find such a mode of industry congenial respectively, would bt) another of the means likely to attain to the habits of their sex, and compatible with their household this most important object ; and that this House most respect duties. • fully implores her . Majesty to represent these their opinions, The number of weavers who manufacture on their own ac- and wishes and hopes, in' such manner as to her Majesty shall count is diminishing • but as the power-loom has not yet been seem most likely to be effectual to her Majesty' s s evera l Alli es . so extensively applied to the manufacture of the linen, as " That this House cannot refrain from expressing to her Ma machinery is to the spinning of the yarn, the hand-loom iestY the deep concern with w hi c h th e y h ave o b serve d , f rom weaver is still enabled to stand his ground. the papers which her Majesty has caused to be laid before There are in Belfast and its immediate vicinity fifteen them, that Portugal has not yet fulfilled the engagements mills for the spinning of linen yarn ; and four at places not far which she has taken towards this country, by concluding with distant. The largest of these mills employs 800 persons, Great Britain an ad.quate treaty for the suppression of the and its annual consumption of flax amounts to 720 tons. slave trade." According, to the Returns of the Seal officers and Inspectors of. the late Linen Board, the value of unbleached linen, sold in the several counties of Ulster, during the years 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, was as follows :- 1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. Antrim £345,504 £332,496 £351,912 £323,767 Arma,gh 570,348 608,842 557,341 568,799 Down 214,199 204,828 197,943 238,514 Tyrone Londonderry anitgal 33,076 39,954 35,986 20,432 ' , v im:magi' tlon ag 11 an - 131,485 112,330 125,959 Cavan THE PRINCE OF ORANGE. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. lIELENA, DATED JUNE 18. On Friday last, the Bth inst., his Netherlands Majesty's ship Bellona, with his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Wil liam of Orange on board, arrived in these road-% Immedi ately after .coming to an anchor, the Town Major and the Governor's Aide-de-Camp, as well as Mr Solomon, went on board, the two former on are part of his Excellency, to offer his Royal Highness the we of the Castle during his stay at till island, the latter to pay his respects in his official capacity of agent for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and to tender his services. They were most kindly received by Captain Amiens, and introduced by him to the Prince. Oa Saturday morning, at nine o'clock, the Prince landed under a salute of twenty-one guns from Ladderliiil, being re ceil ed on the wharf by Colonels Trelawney and Anderson, the Town Major, and a guard of honour, and by Mr. Solomon, who had the honour of conducting his Royal Highness to his residence in town, where Captain Arriens and the officers of the frigate who had accompanied him sat down to a handsome breakfast, to which several of the principal civil and military officers on the island had been invited by Mr. Solomon, and who had the honour of being respectively presented to his Royal Highness. Some time after breakfast, the Prince, accompanied by Mr. Solomon, in the first carriage, and followed by two other car riages, in which were Capt. Arriens and the offi,:ers of the ship, left town for Plantation-house, where they were introduced to his Excellency the Governor, his lady, and the Misses Middle more, when it was arranged that his Royal Highness and suite should dine with his Excellency on Sunday, and remain at Plantation-house until Monday. The party, having quitted the Government-house, proceeded towards Longwood by the road across Sandy-bay-ridge, calling on their way at Rose cottage, the residence of his Honour the Chief Justice, where they were very kindly received by his lady. At Longwood the Prince visited both the old and the new house, and saw cverthing that is to he seen, and thence proceeded to the tomb, where he remained for some time, taking a sketch of it, so that the party did no t re t urn to t own u ntil - about 6 o'clock in the evening, after having spent a most pleasant and delight ful day. At half-past six, his Royal Highness, Carain Arriens, the officers of the frigate, and Mr. Salomon pro ceeded to the Mess-house of the 91st Regiment, where they sat down to a superb dinner, upon which occasion the whole of the handsome plate belonging to the officers of this dis tinguished corps was exhibited. After removal of the cloth many loyal toasts were given, the band of the regiment at tending and playing appropriate tunes, amongst which were many English and Dutch national airs. The evening passed off very agreeably, and His Royal Highness seemed highly gratified, nor did he leave until about eleven o'clock, when he returned on board the. frigate. On Sunday the Prince again landed, and according to the arrangements made the previous day, proceeded to Plantation-house, where he met a select party at dinner, and remained . until Monday, when he re turned to Mr. Solomon's house in town, who in the mean time had issued cards of invitation to a ball and supper in honour of his Royal Highness's arrival at the island. At 8 o'clock the Prince entered the ball-room, where he met a party, consisting of the civil and military officers and their ladies, and the greatest part of the principal inhabitants of St. Helena. Dancing commenced at 9 o'clock, and continued until 12, when the supper room was thrown open and the party sat down to a repast consisting of all the delicacies of the season. Dancing recommenced at 2 o'clock, and waltzes, galoppades, and quadrilles were kept tip with great spirit until 4 o'clock, when his Royal Highness, although appa rently, loth to quit the festive scene ' took his departu re , an d proceeded o n b oar d t h e f r i gate, which immediately after got under weigh, and bade adieu to the hospitable island of St. Helena. Several fanners have begun their wheat in this neighbourhood ; but reaping is by no means general yet, nor will it be, for at least a week. The weather lately has been very :bowery, and the wind has done cowsiderable damage, we fear, to the wheat, particularly where it is nearly ripe. The peas that have been cut for some time have opened very much, and we fear a great many have been lost. We ste several pieces of outs cut, particularly the winter oats, which this year seem to promise an abundant crap. The turnips are growing very fast, and the heavy showers seem to have driven away the caterpillar; but the graaiers complain every where of the shortness of the grass.— Brighton Gazette. At a sale of Mr. Pearson's effects in Notting. lam, a lock of Napoleon Buothiparte's hair fetched the ►um of seven• c•en sh i llings! The Dutufries Courier, speaking of the state of the crops, shrewdly suggests the necessity of a little caution, lest a too implcit confidence in the reports put forth mislead. We should not forget that " in seasons such us the present, there are numbers who wish to sell as well as buy. BEES.—The unpropitious nature of the season has affected the bees, as well as tho different kinds of crops; for many hives, instead of as usual throwing off two, three, or four swarms respectively, have thrown off only one, while the great ploportipn have not reared any oMpring, and of course the skeps that had been erepared for the accommodation of the young remain, with comparatively few exceptions, untenanted. As the season is far advanced, it is hardly to be expected that many additional swarms will come away; and even in those instances Ist which they might be thrown off, the probability' is, that they would not arrive at such a degree of strength as would qualify them for enduring the rigours of the approaching winter.— Dumfries Courier. BEER ACT.—The petition from the town of NVal rington and its vicinity was signed by nearly two thousand persons. It prayed that the Legislature would not alter the present Act without taking the case of the common brewers, who had vested their capital upon the faith of its provision 4, into consideration ; and that some compensatim: msy also be provided for the beer-sellers.—Liverpool Standard. OYSTERS.—honour and gratitude to the late Duchess of St. Alban's, who, even at her most sumptu,nis banquets, in. variably had a little barrel of natives placed upon a table of its own, with a skilful opener at its side, and goodly slices of brown bread and butter in its front ; nor was that little cook of the proud saloon by any means the least prolific of . 1 Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Ncds, end becks, and wreathed smiles ;" and of accompanying bursts of laughter, that consigned the tiny mol. luscte to their last home with a triumphant epicedium. %Veil does the writer re:co:lea her Grace's look of flaiVfh% when, in reply to the simple question of one of tier noble guests, wht ther oysters could feel, site replied, "To be sure they ran—do yon not bear them constantly crying about the streets ?" Of the dial,rent aljnltleations of the ve:b " to cry" our jesters have liberally availed themselves ; but even our standard s e rious writers, spi'e of the numerous blunders it occasions, the Duchess iu the use of the active huttad of the passive • " Oh! reform it altogether :."—Fasay en Oysters.—New participle. xomly. • • 'the Ami de la Religion gives the following por tion, of the act of retractlon of Prince Talleyrand, which it says it has occasion from my great age to obta ned from Florence: — " anl as opinion upon a revolution which took place 50) years ago, hive heen ab'e to judge of the evils which hav e fallas on the Roman Catholic and In which I have had the misfortune to take part. Though reavt d by Pope Pius VII. from ec.:losia,tic a l f unct i ons, I have always. nevertheless, looked on myself as a child of the church, and I have sought for opportunities of se , ving, and have on a ll occas i ons, done ifs, ecclesiastics of honourable character. I lament the errors into which I have f.llen, and am desirous that ray wishes for the prosperity of the church and its supreme head may not be unknown." To this we may subjoin a mot of the deceased Prince, related by the Temps, on the occasion of his being elected a member of the Institut Hist( rique ; witt f.sund in a letter addre*sed by the Prince to the Presid,nt of ilia b o dy I sin very desirous my dear Mr. President of belonging to the Instit ut flistorique ; it is a society that will make its way in the world. Be p:cased to stand godfather for me on this occasion; I sub. snit to all the formalities required by the regulations. Pray say to your colleagues, that although I have written but little in the way of history, I have done much for it, &c." STATE OF TR AD E.—The activity and the increased firmness observable in the Liverpool Cotton Market have produced some eif.ct here. There was an extensive demand for most descriptions of yarn yesterday, and an advance of std. per pound was pretty g , morally realized; but the spinners could:Ml.oW this advance does not compen. sate them fur the increased plce which they must pay for Cotton, The demand for hoods was also to!erably brisk, especially for printing cloth e , which were rather se,rce, and cesium's:led an advance of I id. to 3J. per piece on the rates of last week.—Manchester Guardian. NAVAL FETE AT VAUXHALL GARDENS.-- This fete took place yesterday evening. The concert was adapted to Ho occasion, and embraced the most popular naval pieces of the day, amongst which was a grand naval ode, written expressly fur the fete by Mr. E. L. Blowhard, and composed by Blewitt, which was most rapturously to. ceired and encored. A sculptured group, representing the monument of Nelson in St. Paul's Cathedral, also tlicited match approbation. The gardens were attended by upwards of 9,000 persons. 'l'ne fircworkl the illuminations were on the usual scale. The number of visitors to the Lakes has been and continues greater than in any previous year. The a ccommodations in Ambleside and Bow:less a: c stated to be quite full. Fuur carriages with parties who intended sojourning a feu: cl o ys ill the first.inentioned Waco; Prri "‘I nri V,';':,4oesday, and were obliged to ' I C driven ou to' lics . wiek: — There are upwards or an collegian , with ',tors now in Ambleside and its immediate vicinity.—Lawaa'''' Guardian. . . " It is understood," s4l* iliqui/cor `lthat the kmy of Wit t e.) di: '1'411(w:old will be removed to Va!enesz toward* the cud of this week." I A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. EXECUTION FOR MURDER. - - (Abridged from the Waletford Chronicle.) The execution of William Mernin fir murder, under circumstances cf the foulest atrocity, of his spprentice, Michael Whelan, at Clashmore, on the 23d of Juno last, was fixed for Saturday, in front of the county gaol. The night before his execution he slept calmly as usual, and met the attending clergyman in the morning, the last to dawn upon him, with a serious and composed countenance. He breakfasted with the keen appetite he possessed since his incarceration, and had se' thoroughly subdued every sentiment but that of unfeigned sor row fur his horrible offence, that none who s cw him could kayo cred:tel he was aware that in a few shot hours his lamp of life 5543 to be ignominiously extinguished, When the Sheriff and the Governor of the gaol went to.his cell;about half -past twelve, and nude the awful intimation that all the preparations were ready, he retained the resolution which never for an instant forsook him. Ascending the stairs to the press-room, he yet coos tinued collected and resolute, absorb..ll in prayer. Here he was encountered by the executioner, whose repulsive seed to for the first time me t hi s gaze, b ut did not seed to dig_ con-pos.! him for more than a moment. Duelng the tough process of pinioning he knelt, continuing to pray loudly, and bearing the rude grasp of the "last finisher of the law" with humble submission. When removed into the Press-room, he again knelt for some time with his spiritual attendants ; and but.for once glanced at the dreadful apparatus on which he was going to expiate his crime, arid on the thick crowd that stretched far away before it below. The fatal bolt was at length drawn, and after a violent struggle of a few minutes duration, his limbs became stiffened in death. Notwithstanding the dreadful scene that was enacted, and its unfrequency in this city, we have to observe with regret, and in addition to the ten thousand proofs against those sanguinary butcheries, that it appeared to make little or no impressico;, or at most a very transient one, on the immense crowds that bore witness to it. The unfortunate being was yet hanging a painful spectacle, when reeling drunkards were to be•seen wi thin a few yards of the scaffold, gloating their frantic senses on the exhibition before them. Raggantuflins of the lowest descri,,tion shouting at the pitch of their voice, " the last words and dying declaration of William Tifernin, who was hanged, See.," went through the streets before the strangled lndy was cut dom., and reaped a plentiful harvest from the un couth sentences put into the mouth of the victim, by some speculative arti s t. Th e Lallad singers also w ere in good re.- (reit, and made the air ring with their elegiac addresses, fol lowed by the crowds who hat surfeited their eyes on the gibbet. Beneath the drop young boys were playing without suffering the id-a that a human creature was suspended above them to interfere with their pastime. In truth, if an argument were required to show that these bloody sacrifices doanything more' than harden and brutalizs the heart, instead of makng it mote pervious to moral feeling, this is triumphant. It is only on the educated and enlightened that they appear to possess any irill.rence—and that influence is one of disgust and horror. The lower orders look.upon them as a sort of amusement. The; talk of them as of something unusual, and there fore well worthy of being attended. They criticise the looks and deportment cf the victim, and pass judgment accord ing as they coincide with tin it notions of what they ought to be. If the unfortunate Mai rer be hold in appearance and betray no nervous t rembling, they praise his fortitud e without giving themselves the troeble to inquire whether it Le the product of religion or of reckless daring. Indeed it were w;se and prudent that, even for murder —men for suds a murder as that of Mernin, which we admit was one of almost unexampled atroei v, some other punishment were devised than that of dog-like barging. The conduct of the exec tvioners too on these ceeavions cffords a Immil;Ltin g r, eetion or outcasts aband one d outeas appedr Int - iwayed tl by an te f n man. timent except that o f he:, lest and m y most ad tu i t l y they my and then terminate th e life of Si fe l :2.w-erez.ture. The a inntortureocent and the guilty —the young and the old—the beautiful anti the ugly ate to stem the same; they place their reeking. hands on all with far less yr.& mess and compassion than the butcher does on the she• per the cow, when leading it to the slaughter ; and the mare the' victims they have, the more it is to them a matter for gratulation. We cannot imagine hu. inanity more delas,d than in their persons, nor could, we think, a more acceptable benefit be conferred than that which would put an extinguisher on their abominable creft. But. while the Statute Book contains a crimson leaf, they must be recognised as necessary evils. The fellow who acted on this occasion was confident and presuming. • Even in the Pretence of nutty gentlemen he offered a volun teer commentary on the Government of the Marquis of Normanby, saying that his Excellency was unfit to rule over Ireland --that he slimed malefactors to scepernd that if a Tory Lord Lieutenant were it power he would afford hint (the hangman) more to do. Coming even from the lips of a hangman, this is surely a proud compliment to the present Executive. He went some what farther than this. To a gentleman of the law who bap per.ed among others to visit him through curiosity, he deplored the great falling away in his business, and remarked that the lei al profession, too, must be badly off in these times, A Rebel, he remarked, he felt a particular gratification in string ing up, beeruse his father, he said, was burned at Sculls bouguu in 1798. The body of Mernin having been lower, d and cut from the rope, it was removed into one of the !ant yards, where it was interred. Previous to interment some keier&fi.: gentlemen examined the head, and gave their opinion of its phrenological dela lopments. A I'PA LLI N 0 Accl 0 E N ri—On NVO min nesday a sea , belonging to the Pcoos&/caufa packtr.ship, Princes Dock fell torn the loyal ma.thead, a height of nearly 120 feet. The ' unfortu , nate man in his descent nearly carried along with him a sailor engaged in the tigg:ng, same 70 feet from the deck ; he then struck upon the guar.( r of the ship Napoleon, lying alung..4le, - and finally fell into the do'.:. Ile was ii.nne !lately taken up ;did carried to the Northein Hospital, Leeds. II ree:t, but died on the way lli!ther.---Liropee/ Sta Ward. AbOUL six wcas ago the body of a man Was i)cked i • upott Sea by one of oar fishing beats, and being brought ash( re here was SUOIOCA to be that of Lieut.. Hope, commander of the Pinchce• gun brig, which went dote., in a squall off Bognor, Circumstances hare sinbc oe,•utr..d wine!) lead to the supposition that this was the body t I 0:6 maser, and flit of Lieut. Hope, its on Sunday the remains of a ma's in unif,rin were found near hack Una by a shrimper, with the name of .1 noi," wttrked under the cpauktte. The body was removed to the ,Black Rock cc ad- guard station, and tutored rat Monday at Itottingdean, ri•igl tou Guardian. COLBURN'S NEW NIONT:II.Y :NTAC:AZINI I FOR A Iltit , 3t hm is nub: rof the l ea di ng Nlagazine of the das po +-ins.; in abe .utiftilly cxectited portrait of Mrs, S. C, Jinn, •;i1 our notice. Its literary claims upon our attent:sm, too are more I auusually powerful. Th e ta l ented editor contributes at; wide entitled " Wine and \Valet," which abounds in humour and interest. Then fol lows a swe:t lyric of Mr. 'Thomas which Is readered the more touching by the ap,'endage of a 11010, informing us that the incident it se cord; is a true one. " Paddy in Search cf a Son," and " The 111 treated Gentleman," the framer by Mr. T. anittriu, will be read with tnneli Pe!tstlre. "Shakespeare's Plays historic:ll:y considered," by the night !lon. T. P. (ourtenay, we have already mentioned in terms of praise, an we have Mr. Jerrolii's " Letson of Life," Is continue.' this month, and is most amusing. Mr, " Ste.l 111 VO) iigC 110111 1.01111011 t o Paris," NTr, Pao:e's" Admiral's Daughter" (a production eqii..l to (lichen host eftints of the author of " Paul l's j"), and " Th.. Maaager's Not e . 13';o1"E:say on Oyster," by ors:, ot the authors of " Rejected Addre s ses," which is (mite as entertaining as its title promises it to be. " The rrinverciziain." contains tnit . :ll good criticism, and abl: and brilliant writing —Court journal, pieces of arti l lery in I..tirope irl ' d Is know al by the a.anle of the Graltin, from the fabulous : i ll Is le be thaind among the ornamental portion of 14 work_ l a i n e most curious gun n•.ts cast in 1320 a, Ehretahreitstc:lat, near Cobletd, lac ti x'' A iiilnotilt i :e7l'lloc .. f:sit'::a. . . • htainnti re, sessicn of It in 1 800. It is 17 ft - ..,C wrie,e !_he,;(rierliii a di l :t 3 ,l,, lP t i l.. :Itd tk i ) s tnit .2 i6 4 is ilell,it initihtissal,iaineter, and it in I og h • weig,i, 22,50011 1 I's o, trr-AZe I ...Nils ; and the . I • ~c tsa hall which it car.les is 1.-)7lbs. • the of isowder are wri; , i :,, e 1 for i ts charge. N.tpo'e ,II intended it for the Hotel of the 111, as.su• ' . where a place was ; 4ttlgnc •, l fbr It. The fellow to Oak is at present Eno ne of the bastions of Ow old forire , .. l liidvitapour, In India, and id 14 fart 4 inches in lenth. t v : i t i r d a:n a li t i ,l ::r7l B :ivee of eattrAli ~, • ,, i ,4th 1., a) o•et 4 Ineheo in Wormier, ► s It is said to o:dry shot of clip µwr•bt of 0t) cwt., with a charge of 4:2Slh. of powder. Accordinr: satement such a piece of cannon. if used often, Walt the powder magazine It is not know n at what period, er by to lid - %show, this colossal pie.: eof 0t,11,31 100 w ., Cant. w ►' soon ex- TaYloß.—According to his account he is the son of the late Lord Neenedy, who married his mother twelve nentilas after his birth. His mother dying when he was young, hls father ordered him to be put to nuns° ; and a too,an, named Robinson, in the City- road, London, received We/. a year and 11. a week, to take care of hint. When about scoff) Sears of age he was ttoltoi by some gypsies, who deserte I at 13rston, where a collier picked him up, and he was Cm ployc d the pits. •It happened in :he time that Lord K( en-dy died ; end, having no a vitil ismr, he bequeathed t reater portion of his propel ty to the subject of this wirrative. -Inquiries were instituted in all directions to find him out; and advertisements fully describing his person, and some particular marks upon his arms, were inseved in the leading Journals. .lust at this time he was taken ill at Bilston, and was in the habit of attending a surgeon daily for his prescriptions. The surgeon having seen the advettise• meat, thought lie recognized the person wanted its his patient ; and on asking Itini questions, and etanninieg bins cloely, he became convinced that lie was in reality a " diamond in the rough ;" and he acc or di ng l y wrote to the advertising parties in London. He was recognized by Mrs. Robinson, and was placed in a situation of affluence ; but unhappily there ho took a large sum of money with him, and wont to Bilston, where, in dissipation, he soon spent it, and was brought near to deathi In this situation an angel of the Temperance Society crossed his path—he became a " tee-totaller," and, after raising the wind to a considerable extent from those who had well assured themselves of his future hopes, he started again for London in good style, and once more placed himself wider the care. of Mrs. Robinson. Having remained theta for the last three years, he became =comfortable, and re. solved upon leaving. It appears that, according to ono tot the eccentricities of the will under which he has obtained portion, and is to have the whole, of his property, he %las bound to live with Mrs. Robinson' until he got married, cr at tained the age of twenty-one. fikadvertiEed for a wife, and receiving an answer from Birmingham, went there last week, and seeing the fair one, fixed Saturday for the marriage. Sle wished to wait till Monday. Upon which he inquired foe another girl, was introduced to Mary Ann Skidmore. 'who was fetched out of Mr. Barnes's factory, in Newhall -street, to see him, on Friday, and on Saturday morning they were married by license at St. Philip's church, buth lookin g r orwari, no (look, with the pleasing anticipation of being in two years in the enjoyment of prop: rty, it is said, to the enormous mout. of' 60.060/. per annum. lie is now only nineteen 3 wirs cs; age, and Isis wife not so oltl. She is a good-looking girl, and the daughter of poor, but Ivoiest parents in Efitnund- street. She bore a "good character from her employer. Tliev re, mained in Birmingham until Tucsolay morning, when they st trtcd for Derby.—.lbridgedfrom the Birmingham .itoirnalt 'i '2‘ l ,11" 11 0 , ; ;t ;